noodle

Other forms of noodle

plural

noodles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about noodle

What does noodle mean?

noodle means "a ribbonlike strip of pasta". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in noodle?

noodle has 2 syllables: noo-dle. The stress falls on "noo". In IPA it is /ˈnudəl/.

What is another word for noodle?

Close synonyms include attic, bean, bonce, noggin, dome. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is noodle a common word?

noodle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.